Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

male, deceased (1826)
President of the United States signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence american revolution Founding Father of the United States American architect … age of enlightenment
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and on... More
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

male, deceased (1790)
inventor Founding Father of the United States Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence lightning rod electricity great scientist … age of enlightenment
Benjamin Franklin (April 17 1790) was one of the most critical Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist,... More
Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant

male, deceased (1804)
philosopher German native of East Prussia Kantianism age of enlightenment German-language philosopher Deontological ethics
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg in East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He is regarded as one of the most influential t... More
Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

male, deceased (1809)
Christian British-born United States political figure The American Crisis Deputy to the French National Convention Montagnards The Mountain … age of enlightenment
Thomas Paine (Thetford, England, 29 January 1737 - 8 June 1809, New York City, USA) was a pamphleteer, revolutionary, radical, and intellectual.... More
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

male, deceased (1832)
Poems Klassik Poems and Songs Farbenlehre Poems and Ballads Dichtung und Wahrheit … age of enlightenment
"'"',, (28 August 1749 - 22 March 1832) was a German polymath. Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, Humanism,... More
Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

male, deceased (1677)
Rationalist Determinist philosopher Biblical criticism age of enlightenment 17th-century philosophy
Baruch de Spinoza (lived November 24, 1632 – February 21, 1677) was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Jewish origin. Revealing considerable sc... More
Anders Chydenius

Anders Chydenius

male, deceased (1803)
Member of the Riksdag of the Estates Laponia Swedish-speaking Finn politician scientist freedom of the press … age of enlightenment
Anders Chydenius was the leading classical liberal of Nordic history. Born in Sotkamo (modern day Finland) and having studied under Pehr Kalm at... More
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos

male, deceased (1811)
Spanish Enlightenment literature neoclassical asturias peninsular war majorca age of enlightenment
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and main figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain, was born at... More
Nikolay Novikov

Nikolay Novikov

male, deceased (1818)
Russian journalist catherine the great The Enlightenment philanthropist the spectator … age of enlightenment
Nikolay Ivanovich Novikov was a Russian writer and philanthropist most representative of his country's Enlightenment. Frequently considered to be... More
Mikhail Shcherbatov

Mikhail Shcherbatov

male, deceased (1790)
peter the great utopia senate age of enlightenment yaroslavl enlightenment
Prince Mikhailo Mikhailovich Shcherbatov (July 22, 1733 - December 12, 1790) was a leading ideologue and exponent of the Russian Enlightenment, on... More